{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 10: D. Watkins","description":"The BRNDD podcast has reached double digits! To celebrate, they bring on one of their most successful guests to date. Two-time New York Times Best selling Author, Editor-At-Large for Salon.com, and contributor to a hosts of publications; from ESPN, to Rolling Stone, to the New York &amp;nbsp;Times, D. Watkins.&amp;nbsp; Ron sparks off the conversation with asking D to speak on the moment he realized it was important for someone to speak on black culture from the inside, opposed to other outlets controlling the narrative(6:38). D. also speaks on how things like police brutality affected his writing experiences and how he didn't even think reading was for him growing up, being only exposed to white literature.&amp;nbsp; Later, D. Speaks on getting into Johns Hopkins for his Masters, being inspired to write and submitting his work to 500 agents before getting his first deal(20:55)! He also speaks on the process of getting his work out through essays such as Too Poor for Pop Culture,&amp;nbsp;which had over one million hits in one day. This lead to a three hour wait for his first book deal(24:34). D. also speaks on planning his future projects, and how hard it is to release a book when he's working on writing for movies such as; Mike Brown's biopic, a possible Netflix series and Jada Pinkett-Smith's directorial Debut(50:45). He ends the podcast by being the first guest to ever give his BRNDD 10 playlist live(1:12:35)!&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; D. Watkin's&amp;nbsp; Website:&amp;nbsp; http:\/\/d-watkins.com\/ Salon.com Articles&amp;nbsp; http:\/\/www.salon.com\/writer\/d_watkins\/&amp;nbsp; Twitter: @dwatkinsworld Instagram: @dwatkinsworld &amp;nbsp;BRNDD 10: Playlist&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/play.spotify.com\/user\/brnddpodcast\/playlist\/3vyfxlj7LBpQtudLMNx4jb BRNDD Podcast: E-Mail: brndd@debonairmaterial.com Facebook Group: www.facebook.com\/brnddpodcast Twitter: @DebMaterial Instagram: @debonairmaterial facebook: www.facebook.com\/DebonairMaterial\/ Ronald James Twitter and Instagram: @whoisronjames Donte Cotton Twitter and Instagram: @Cotteonsmooth &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"BRNDD: Conversations with Creatives","author_url":"http:\/\/brnddpodcast.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5048843\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/ddb42b\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/71039384"}